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Gauntlets of Mail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gauntlets of Mail by an unknown artist: A pair of metallic brown gloves made of chainmail, with four fingers and a thumb on each, resting on white cylindrical objects. The gloves have a wrist portion made of metal strips side by side in a horizontal orientation. The chainmail is a mesh of small interconnected rings. The glove on the right has spots of gold color. The background is plain light gray.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Steel, gold
Culture:
Hungarian
Dimensions:
599 × 428 px
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